Notes:
Miami is the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. This is the 23rd
CWS appearance for the Hurricanes and 36th straight
NCAA Tournament appearance. Miami is 46-36 all-time in Omaha.
Miami has won four national titles (1982, 1985, 1999, 2001). The
Hurricanes won their first ACC Tournament title. Miami is 46-4
at home in postseason play under Jim Morris. The Hurricanes won
their 25th Regional title in 37 appearances and are 10-1 in
Super Regional home games. They have reached Omaha in 11 of
Morris’ 15 years, and Morris has led Georgia Tech and Miami to
22 straight Regionals. Assistant coach J.D. Arteaga played on
four straight CWS teams and graduated as the school’s leader in
wins with 43. Freshman phenom Chris Hernandez (11-0) has the
best freshmen record in school history and has one walk in his
past 34.1 innings. He’s struck out 112 compared to 17 walks.
Ryan Jackson was Most Outstanding Player in the regional, going
6 for 11 (.545) with two homers and four RBI. Miami is 43-0 when
leading after eight innings. Dennis Raben was a Cape Cod
all-star last summer and led the league with 35 RBI. Blake
Tekotte played at home in 2007 in the Columbia, Mo., Regional and squared off against some familiar Tigers again in the 2008
Regional. Opponents hit .179 off reliever Kyle Bellamy, who’s
K/BB ratio is 6 to 1. Thirteen Hurricanes hail from Miami. The
Hurricanes are 21-6 in games decided by three or fewer runs.
Miami is 45-0 when leading after eight. Miami fields .975 as a
team and has made 59 errors in 61 games. The Hurricanes had
eight players drafted, including three in the first round
(Yonder Alonso, Cincinnati; Jemile Weeks, Oakland; Carlos
Gutierrez, Minnesota). Miami is 2-2 all-time against Georgia.
This will be their first meeting in Omaha.

Notes: FSU has made
31 consecutive NCAA appearances, second to Miami’s 36 straight,
and 46 overall. The Seminoles are the all-time leaders in
regional and Super Regional wins with 130. FSU is making its 19th
CWS appearance and first since 2000. The Seminoles are 25-36 in
Omaha. As a team, FSU has more walks (424) than strikeouts
(414). The Seminoles have drawn double-figure walks 12 times,
including a season-high 14 at Virginia Tech on March 22. FSU is
39-0 when leading after eight innings. FSU has scored 106 runs
in eight NCAA tourney games, 10 away from the school record set
in 1999. Buster Posey has raised his batting average to .460.
Posey is tied for the national lead with 26 home runs, even with
Georgia’s Gordon Beckham, LSU’s Matt Clark and Michael
Harrington of College of Charleston. Tony Delmonico, a transfer
from Tennessee, had a fantastic year after hitting .329 with 12
homers in two years with the Vols. He’s the son of coach Rod
Delmonico, the former Vols coach who joined FSU’s staff this
year. Jack Rye has been a four-year starter in the outfield -
his father Alan pitched at UCLA. Coach Mike Martin has led the
Noles to the College World Series 13 times and 29 straight
regionals. He’s amassed more than 50 wins an incredible 23
times. FSU is 9-8 all-time against Stanford, including 2-1 in
1999 CWS, their only meeting in Omaha. Florida State drew
202,132, an average of 4,930 in 41 home dates. Both attendance
figures set school records.

Last NCAA appearance:
2006 (4-1 in Athens Regional, 2-1 in Athens Super Regional, 0-2
in College World Series)

Notes: After going
16-10 through March, Georgia won 11 of 13 to begin April and
captured the SEC regular-season title. Their 20-9-1 mark was
their best ever conference record. Georgia has made nine NCAA
Tournament appearances and reached the CWS six times. The
Bulldogs were national champions in 1990. The Bulldogs have
reached Omaha in three of Perno’s five trips to the NCAA
postseason. UGA is 16-0 in NCAA tourney elimination games at
Foley Field. They improved on that mark after getting upset by
Lipscomb on Friday by rallying to win four straight against
Louisville, Lipscomb and Georgia Tech (2). Senior outfielder
Matt Olson went 5 for 6 with four runs and three RBI in the
final win, going 18 for 26 (.692) with 10 runs and six RBI to
earn Most Outstanding Player honors. Nick Montgomery gave the
Dawgs a lift, tossing a complete-game shutout of the Yellow
Jackets on Sunday. The powerful Georgia offense is led by SEC
Player of the Year Gordon Beckham, whose 26 home runs set a
school record. He’s tied for the national lead with Buster Posey
of FSU, Matt Clark of LSU and Michael Harrington of College of
Charleston. Beckham crossed the plate 90 times, most in Bulldogs
history. He is also a finalist for Dick Howser trophy, the SEC
scholar-athlete of the year and a finalist for the Golden Spikes
Award. All-American senior closer Joshua Fields is also a Golden
Spikes semifinalist and was voted the SEC Pitcher of the Year.
He was named Stopper of the Year by the NCBWA. Perno completed
the Bulldogs' sweep of the top awards by winning the SEC Coach
of the Year award. Georgia is 2-2 all-time vs. Miami. This will
be their first meeting in Omaha.

Notes: Stanford went
5-0 against Cal State Fullerton after the two-game sweep of the
Fullerton Super Regional. This was the seventh Super Regional
for the Cardinal. After losing in the opening round of the
Stanford Regional to UC Davis, the Cardinal won four straight to
win the regional title. Head coach Mark Marquess is 10th
on the all-time victory list for Division I with 1,324 and sixth
among active coaches. Marquess is two games away from coaching
2,000 at Stanford. The Cardinal have been to the College World
Series 16 times, with a 38-27 record in Omaha. Stanford has won
at least one game in each of its previous 15 CWS trips. The
Cardinal has won two national titles, 1987 and 1988. Jason
Castro is a finalist for the Johnny Bench award. Closer Drew
Storen was named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate
Baseball. Austin Yount is the nephew of Major League
Hall-of-Famer Robin Yount. His father, Larry, pitched in the
minors for the Houston Astros and made it to the major leagues,
but was injured during warm-ups prior to an inning. He did not
get into a major league game, but is credited for one
appearance. Cory Bannister’s father, Floyd, was the No. 1
overall pick in the 1976 draft by the Astros and pitched in the
majors for 15 years. His brother, Brian, is a pitcher with the
Kansas City Royals and his brother, Brett, is in the Seattle
Mariners’ farm system. Stanford had seven players drafted,
including Jason Castro in the first round, 10th
overall, by Houston. Stanford is 8-9 all-time against Florida
State, including a 1-2 record in Omaha.